Herb Plants Vegetable Plants For Sale In Glendale

Latex juice mixed with vinegar is said to remove warts and corns. New research indicates it has potent anticancer properties. Decoction is useful for stomach pains and inflammation of the bilary duct.

It is a reliable producer, yielding a good crop almost every year, even after a hard freeze. Fruits ripen over an extended period from June to August. The flavour is sweet and mild.

Fire up the barbeque for summer entertaining magic with these grilling herbs! Make rosemary skewers for kebab. Tip: slit meats and stuff with oregano, mint and thyme before grilling.

(Blue sage) Native of the Sierra Nevada and area north to Canada. Used by the Montana Indians as a general tonic, to restore hair, and as a dermatological aid. Strongly aromatic.

Pretty rock garden plant with masses of purple flowers appearing early in spring. Slow to germinate. Valuable in correcting membrane disorders of the respiratory and digestive passages.

Attractive variegated version of nutmeg geranium with the same strong nutmeg scent.

Very nice low growing hardy oregano for rockeries and pathways, and for low edging around other plants. Ht. 25cm/10”. The flavour and aroma is mild and pleasant, more like wild oregano.

They keep very well in storage. This fascinating mild-flavoured onion develops bulbs at the top of its slender leaves, not at the base like ordinary onions. In spring harvest the little bunches of green onions and that will be one of the earliest crops...

All parts of the plant are poisonous, and it is recommended to wear gloves when handling it. Grecian foxglove prefers a well-drained location in sun or part shade, and will rot if planted in a wet area.

Excellent for eating fresh off the tree as well. Often confused with O'Rourke, another variation on Celeste that was officially released by LSU. Fruits are bigger and more numerous than those of Celeste.

Seeds take 3 to 12 months to germinate. (Maidenhair tree) An extremely hardy tree, resistant to pollution and disease. Medicinally, ginkgo is rapidly gaining a reputation as a brain tonic.

Has been called one of the best silver foliage perennials by California nurseryman Ernie Wasson. (Wild geranium) A medicinal geranium from southern Africa with potent antibacterial properties.

Reliable fast growing variety. Also known as 'Atreano Gold'. Figs have a light green skin and sweet pink flesh.

Great for teas and punch, and for any dish calling for mint. 'Julia's Sweet Citrus' has bright green leaves, roundish and slightly crinkly. Flowers are white tinged with a touch of purple.

Like other citrus marigolds, with bright red flowers.

So rich is the visual complexity that this is a basil one needs to appreciate up close, in pots on a windowsill or in a table centrepiece. Like a fine wine this is a basil with character that lingers.

In China the flowers are used in jasmine tea. In the tropics the plant grows as a small sprawling shrub, 1-3m (3-10ft) high, but in pots it can easily be kept to a more manageable 60-90cm (2-3ft) with regular pruning.

Fine lacy foliage. Lemon yellow single flowers: free-blooming.

Years ago this variety was brought to Chicago by Sicilians from Mount Etna and ever since it has been grown the Chicago area by dedicated fig fans. The rotund fig and its fabled leaf go back at least 5,000 years as enduring symbols of sinful pleasure...

Gaining a well-deserved reputation as a highly effective remedy for colds and flus. For food and medicinal use. This is the hardy native form grown from seeds collected in southern Ontario.

Its action differs from that of true ginseng as it does not cause insomnia in large doses. (Eleuthero ginseng; Ci wu jia) Species used by Russian cosmonauts and athletes to improve endurance.

For many years we listed this as 'golden oregano' but now that name is applied to the following variety. 'Gold Crisp' has a more delicate, ascendant habit; very nice in windowboxes, hanging baskets and strawberry jars.

Plant has ruffled leaves and upright growth habit. Nice lemon scent.

Striking deep purple flowers. Scent is a rather pleasant complex of fruit, eucalyptus and resin.

(Cat's whiskers)